Cuff button



" C. AYMAR.

CUFF BUTTON.

APPLICATION man FEB. 25, 1921.

1,409,514. Patented Mar. 14, 1922.

[hie/liar ,12% w -zumu UNITED STATES CARL AYM'ALR, on PROVIDENCE; nnonnISLAND.

CUFF'IBUTTON.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented 113 14, 1922',

Application filed February 25, 1921., Serial No. 441636;.

To all'whom it mag concern:

Be it known that I, CARL AYMAR, a citizen of the United States, andresiding at Providence, in the county of Providence, State of RhodeIsland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in GulfButtons, of which the following is a'specification. i

This invention relates to improvements in cuff buttons and particularlyto that type of button composed of two separate members which areadapted to be retained in the button holes of the cuff and snappedtogether or separated, as desired.

It is the object of the invention to provide a button of this characterwhich is sim ple in construction and which can be easily and cheaplyproduced and one which at the same time is strong and durable and whichhas few parts liable to become injured or broken.

Referring to the accompanying drawings forming part of thisspecification:

Figure 1 is a view in side elevaton of my improved button, the membersbeing shown connected;

Figure 2 is an elevational view looking toward the inner end of the beador male member of the button;

Figure 3 is a similar view of the socket or female member;

Figure 4 is an enlarged sectional view on the line l4 of Figure 1. 1

Referring to the drawings in detail, A represents the bead member of thebutton and B the socket member, these members being so constructed thatthey may be retained in the flaps of the cuff and connected ordisconnected as desired.

The socket member B comprises a base portion 10 which may be of anydesired configuration and to which the shank 11 is secured; The end ofthis shank is hollow as shown at 12 to provide a space for receiving thehead of the other member and such hollow portion is preferablysurrounded by a flaring wall 13. A socket plate 14 is secured to theouter margin of the flaring wall 13 in any suitable manner, the marginof said socket plate preferably being clamped beneath a portion 14 ofthe flaring wall 13 which is bent over into contact with the outersurface of such plate.

The socket plate 14 is provided at its central port-ion with a circularopening 15 to receive the head on the member A and this plate is alsocut away at a plurality of points 16, such cut-away portions beingcurved and extending outwardly from said openin 15. The result is thatthe socket. plate 14 has a series of independent fingers. 1.? which ex-vtend from near the margin of said plate spirally inwardly to saidopening 15. The inner end of each of said fingers 17 is curved, suchcurved ends together forming the wall of the circular opening 15.

This construction provides a .series of arms which are of greater lengththan would be securedif'the same extended outwardly in a radialdirection from the central opening of the socket plate and such armstherefore possess considerable resiliency which facilitates insertionand withdrawal of the bead carried by the other 'member. of the button.Such resiliency is also increased by the fact that the inner ends ofsaid curved arms are independent of each other so that they are free tomove and release the bead when pressure'is applied.

The bead member A of the button also comprises an outer or base portion20' which may be of any desired shape or contour and a shank 21 issecured to the member 20, the

outer end of this shank carrying the bead 22 which is adapted tocooperate with the opening 15 of the socket member. 7 The bead member isalso provided with a plate or disk 23 which is rigidly secured to theshank 21 V in any suitable manner. The plate 23 is also cut away at aplurality of points 24 so that a series of spaced curved fingers 25extend from the outer portion of said plate inwardly toward the centerthereof. These curved arms serve to give resilience to the plate or disk23 so that the same will yield when pressure is applied thereto and thuspermanent bending or breaking of the same is prevented. The yielding ofthe plate 23 also facilitates removal of the socket' member B from thehead since it permits the shank 11 of the member B to be turned at anangle to ing a shank adapted to be received in an,

opening of the cuff, said shank having on one end a base adapted to lieon one side of the cuff and a hollow flaring socket portion on the otherend adapted to lie on the other side of the cuff, a single platearranged over said hollow portion of the shank, and rigidly secured atits outer margin to the outer edge of the flaring portion of the shank,the inner portion or" said plate being cut away at intervals to form aplurality of independent curved resilient fingers which extend spirallyinwardly from a point adjacent the outer margin of the plate, the innerends of said fingers being curved and spaced apart to form between thesame a circular opening to receive a bead on a mating member of thebutton, said fingers being free to bend inwardly or outwardly as thebead of the other member is inserted in or removed from the socketplate.

2. In a two-part cufi" button, a bead memoer comprising a base, a shanksecured thereto, a bead rigidly secured to the end of said shank, aplate having its central portion rigidly secured to the shank at therear of the bead, said plate being cut away at intervals to provide aseries of spaced curved resilient arms which extend spirally inwardlyfrom a point adjacent the outer margin of said plate to a point adjacentsaid shank, for the purpose described, the outer margin of the platebeing free to bend toward or from the base.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature.

CARL AYMAR.

